Sprint: Meetings
Plan and Hold Meetings in which People are Eager For
Turn your meetings from time-sinks to productivity engines. This course equips you with blueprints and tools to make every meeting count. You'll design sessions that crack problems, spark ideas, and strengthen relationships.
By completing this Sprint, you will run meetings that people actually look forward to, whether in one-on-ones, teams, interdepartmental projects, or with larger groups.
Learning Objectives
Core Principles and Practical Applications
Primary Audience
Designed to address the professional development of managers reporting to a COO, CIO, CEO, or other senior manager at a growth-oriented tech organization.
Your managers participate as a cohort of up to 4, 12, or 25.
As with any group of professionals whose performance counts, you learn and develop together as a team so you build your relationships and experience with each other.
Contact us for details or to arrange for custom delivery options.
Prerequisites
Onboarding – Required for new companies and/or first time ELEVATE sprint participants. 90 minutes.
Can be taken as a first ELEVATE Sprint? Yes
Technical Requirements
Enrollment Period
Once enrolled, your company cohort will have access to the training portal for onboarding prior to the start of the Sprint.
Once the Sprint begins, you will have access to the live support calls for the Sprint, as well as for 30 days following the completion of the Sprint for review and reinforcement. ELEVATE program participants have access and follow-up support for 1 year.
Why Effective Meetings Matters in Leadership
- Reclaim lost productivity: US tech companies lose an estimated $37 billion annually due to ineffective meetings. For a 500-person company, that's approximately $18.5 million a year. This program can help recapture up to 20% of that lost time, directly impacting your bottom line.
- Accelerate innovation cycles: According to a McKinsey study, tech employees spend 35% of their work week in meetings. Streamlining these sessions can speed up product development cycles by up to 15%, giving you a competitive edge in the fast-paced tech market.
- Enhance cross-functional collaboration: Break down silos that cost tech organizations up to 25% of their productive capacity. Learn techniques that other top tech managers use to make meetings a catalyst for interdepartmental synergy, crucial for complex tech projects.
- Boost employee retention: 67% of workers cite unproductive meetings as a major source of job dissatisfaction in a recent Korn Ferry report. Improve meeting effectiveness to increase engagement and potentially reduce turnover costs, which average 100-150% of a tech employee's salary.
- Optimize remote and hybrid workflows: With 76% of tech companies adopting hybrid models, learn how to run engaging virtual meetings that bridge the gap between in-office and remote team members, ensuring consistent productivity across all work environments.
Curriculum for this Sprint
What You Will Learn
- Well-structured agendas focus meetings and respect participants' time
- Active facilitation techniques encourage engagement and idea sharing
- Clear action items and follow-ups ensure meetings lead to results
- Different meeting types (e.g., decision-making, brainstorming) require different approaches
- Effective meetings build team cohesion and drive project momentum
Tools, Frameworks, Systems
Meeting Purpose Identifier (MPI) Framework
Five Time Horizons that Every Manager of High Performers Uses
Advanced Group Facilitation Methods
Parking Lot Technique for Managing Off-Topic Ideas
Decision Matrix for Prioritizing Action Items
Remote Meeting Engagement Checklist
Enrollment is Easy
My Team is Ready to Grow
This Sprint takes place: 1x per quarter.
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